18th Post Graduate Homoeopathic Residential Summer School
by
Dr. Varun Mehta
12/70, Punjabi Bagh (W), New Delhi-110026
011-25224216, 9811793238; drvarunmehta@rediffmail.com
&
Dr. Arti Dua
58, Begampur, Malviyanagar, New Delhi -110017
9212215828, artidua2008@gmail.com
The 18th Summer Postgraduate Residential Seminary in the
Principles & Practice of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy was conducted by The National
Academy of Homoeopathy, India, at Late Dr J.N.Kanjilal Memorial Hall, Shaad
Hospital Complex & Research centre, near Itwari Railway station, Nagpur, India
from 12th to 26th April, 2009. Dr. Mrs. Suhasini Palsapure & Dr. Chandrakant
Raghatate inaugurated the School. They lauded the efforts of the Academy &
exhorted that Homoeopathy should be practiced diligently and on a scientific
footing. Such CMEs were the need of the hour so that the neophytes and the
practioners alike would be abreast with the latest research in the field. The
Directors of the School, Drs. Kasim & Aadil Chimthanawala clearly emphasized the
point that the School is based strictly on the tradition of Guru-Shishya
parampara. In this intensive course a strict discipline is maintained. It aims
in imparting clinical training to homoeopathic graduates on scientific lines.
About 40-45 live cases are kept daily for the purpose of case taking, analysis &
discussion.
The Academy conducts such schools biannually for students and practitioners.
This is such a sought after course that 40 students enrolled this time instead
of limited 25. They were from different places from India like Raipur, Gwalior,
Bhopal, Delhi, Jabalpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, etc.
Some highlights of the present course were the early morning Yoga & Positive
Thinking classes, daily OPD & IPD visits and detailed case analysis and
discussions, deliveries, caesarian sections, voluntary drug proving project,
exhaustive library sessions, thesis presentations etc. Applied philosophy
(including the concept of Sickness evolution, Theory of Etiopathogenesis, Remedy
types, Symptom Types, Chronic Miasms, Human Mind & Mental Symptoms, States of
Disposition, etc.) and Portrait Materia Medica were taught in the most
conceivable manner. Likewise Homoeopathy in Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology,
Gastro-enterology, Skin, Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, Gynecology & Obstetrics,
Dentistry, Radiology, ECG etc was discussed extensively. An important concept
for a scientific homoeopathic practice that appealed to us the most was the
concept of Case Types in chronic cases. It is helpful to evaluate the prognosis
of the case.
Every chronic case is classified in any of the 5 types:
Type 1- Natural curable cases Miasmatically evolved, reversible pathology and
individualistic symptoms. The management approach is by administering similimum
/ constitutional remedy on essential totality and or basic totality.
Type 2- Incurable cases like congenital anomalies, cases with gross
irreversible pathological changes, drug diseases, true surgical cases, etc. Here
the treatment approach is by Palliation.
Type 3- One sided cases In these cases there are multiple incomplete symptoms.
Hence the totality cant be constructed. They become difficult to treat. The
management of such cases should be preferably started with a deep acting-Nosode
that is prescribed on the basis of the family and past history.
Type 4 Settled Cases cases which have been symptomatically relieved every
now and then. The management requires that the homoeopath should judiciously try
to reduce the symptomatic drugs as far as possible and give Homoeopathic
replacement drugs. If the patient remains asymptomatic after the complete
withdrawal of those drugs then a re-case taking should be done and if possible a
Similimum be selected.
Type 5 - Mixed cases complex of multiple symptoms eg. Congenital, drug disease
and post surgical condition in a single case. Treatment treat each disease/
symptom separately.
The last day ended with the cultural programme and convocation ceremony.
This column space is too less to describe the Academy, its dedication and it s
work in homoeopathy. It has been a wonderful and a vast learning experience for
all 40 homoeopaths. We think this is the best place to study Homoeopathy under
such eminent Gurus. I am delighted the torch of Hahnemannian Homoeopathy is
glowing in all its magnamity at The National Academy of Homoeopathy, India.
Hail Hahnemann, Hail Homoeopathy!